Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (ISRG)

InvestorDeb (< 20) Submitted: 7/21/07 10:13 AM : Start Price: $103.55 ISRG Score: 103.19

My first Motley Fool Rulebreakers stock purchase. Also, my first Trophy stock. I had a cost basis of $48 and sold the stock when it hit $125. I sold only enough shares to reclaim my initial investment, the rest of the shares I kept (since now I am pl...

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billbu (98.39) Submitted: 12/29/06 2:55 PM : Start Price: $109.16 ISRG Score: 95.78

Intuitive Surgical manufactures the DaVinci Surgical Robotic System (DVS). DVS enables Minimally Invasive Surgical (MIS) techniques to be used for complex surgeries. Since the DVS surgeries are performed through a series of small incisions rather tha...

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MoneyMiser21 (38.71) Submitted: 5/24/08 7:44 PM : Start Price: $286.00 ISRG Score: -3.03

I've seen one of the Da Vinci robots at work. It's weird at first, but the results don't lie. And the quicker healing time is true.

Therer are two tricky things about Intuitive Surgical as a stock:

1.) Valuing its P/E ratio. ISRG been all over ...

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Flyfisherman4 (62.84) Submitted: 2/18/08 12:15 PM : Start Price: $148.50 ISRG Score: 60.75

Having had personal experience with the DaVinci robotic system from ISRG 2 years ago when I had a robotically-assisted radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer which took only 90 minutes, resulted in a single over-night stay in the hospital with ess...

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TMFBreakerDave (99.12) Submitted: 4/12/06 8:36 AM : Start Price: $106.01 ISRG Score: 96.36

One of my favorite companies and stocks. Robotic technology enabling surgeons to perform with more precision than they could with their own hands, cost-effective for hospitals since patients recover faster and need less bed time, and increasingly cho...

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TMFBreakerJava (99.32) Submitted: 5/16/06 3:38 AM : Start Price: $121.15 ISRG Score: 76.25

This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to buy a future rule maker in its early stages of development. The Da Vinci surgical system is making traditional surgery obsolete. In 20 years it may well be grounds for a malpractice suit to pick up a knif...

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TMFBreakerOrion (23.56) Submitted: 5/19/06 5:05 PM : Start Price: $119.25 ISRG Score: 77.89

I think even those that are bullish about ISRG may be underestimating this one. Right now it's primarily being used for prostate, hysterectomy, and valve replacements...but that's just the tip of the iceberg. What happens when it starts to be used ...

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TMFBreakerRob (< 20) Submitted: 9/01/06 3:29 AM : Start Price: $95.07 ISRG Score: 116.60

Intuitive Surgical's DaVinci "robotic" surgical system is truly changing paradigms in surgery. The result for patients? The potential for minimal invasiveness (if/as appropriate) and unparalleled precision (no shaking/tremors) resulting in reduced ...

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scottidog (32.82) Submitted: 3/19/08 8:40 AM : Start Price: $293.11 ISRG Score: 6.27

P/E = 75.6x v.17.7x for S&P 500


Price/Sales = 18.0x v 1.5x


Price/Cash Flow = 68.6x v 11.6


Profit Margin = 24.1% v 7.8%


Return on Equity = 16.3% v 15.6%


Return on Assets = 13.9% v 3.0%

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TMFZahrim (89.51) Submitted: 5/23/06 7:39 PM : Start Price: $112.69 ISRG Score: 86.12

The installed base of da Vinci robots is ggrowing as fast as Intuitive Surgical can build new ones. That in turn drives sales of consumables, to the point where that segment is just about passing the machinery sales now. And thanks to a deep patent p...

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